Multiboot help

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pleb

Yest another multi boot question ..

Previous setup: 2 hard drives, one with XP on and one with RC1 on with a
dual boot -> first Vistas then XP's

I downloaded the latest build and went through the install process - for
some annoying reason, I chose to delete the Vista RC1 partition to do a
clean install of RC2

The problem I have now - is that when vista boots, it no longer seems to
know there is a dual OS setup as it just boots straight into Vista

When looking in the boot config option from My Computer, there is only the
Vista OS listed, no option to multiboot with XP.

Does anyone know how i can resolve this as I can no longer boot into my XP
system

Thanks

Simon
 
Hi Simon,

I have a multiboot system too.

Here is what I did.

1. installed XP on 1st hard drive
2. Installed Vista on 2nd hard drive
3. Changed the boot order (was Vista then XP) by:
Control Panel > System > Advanced System Settings > Advanced tab > under
Startup & Recovery > Settings > under System Startup changed the order.

Hope this helps?!

Jeff
 
pleb said:
Yest another multi boot question ..

Previous setup: 2 hard drives, one with XP on and one with RC1 on with a
dual boot -> first Vistas then XP's

I downloaded the latest build and went through the install process - for
some annoying reason, I chose to delete the Vista RC1 partition to do a
clean install of RC2

The problem I have now - is that when vista boots, it no longer seems to
know there is a dual OS setup as it just boots straight into Vista

When looking in the boot config option from My Computer, there is only the
Vista OS listed, no option to multiboot with XP.

Does anyone know how i can resolve this as I can no longer boot into my XP
system

Thanks

Simon
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I used this tip from "Bob" to get set up. Works great!
See http://www.vistabootpro.org/intro.php which is an easy way to edit the
Vista boot manager to boot to other operating systems. You'll need to
ensure the boot.ini, ntdetect.com and ntldr system files are on the root
directory of the drive you want to boot into the existing XP system.
Click to expand...

Thanks again, Bob.
 
pvdg42 said:
I used this tip from "Bob" to get set up. Works great!


Thanks again, Bob.
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I think part of my problem is that when I deleted my vista partition to
reinstall Vista, it also deleted the boot.ini, ntdetect.com and the ntdlr
files

Not quite sure how to get those back :S

Simon
 
Simon,

Can you still boot to XP?

If not if you still have XP on drive 1 try booting from teh XP CD and do a
repair (think that is what it is called - or is it rescue). When you get to
the c:\windows prompt type fixmbr. This will rebuild the master boot record
and allow you to reboot.

If you can boot to Vista use the search feature to lookup boot.ini.
Apparently boot.ini is gone in Vista and replaced with Boot Configuration
Data (BCD).

Jeff
 
Jeff said:
Simon,

Can you still boot to XP?

If not if you still have XP on drive 1 try booting from teh XP CD and do a
repair (think that is what it is called - or is it rescue). When you get
to
the c:\windows prompt type fixmbr. This will rebuild the master boot
record
and allow you to reboot.

If you can boot to Vista use the search feature to lookup boot.ini.
Apparently boot.ini is gone in Vista and replaced with Boot Configuration
Data (BCD).

Jeff
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Hi Jeff - part of the problem is that for some reason the PC wont boot with
both hdd's and the DVD drive all connected.

This maybe connincidence from installing Vista or just a dodgy PSU (as I've
been told). Either way booting the PC with a working HDD and optical drive
is proving tricky

Time will tell :S

Simon
 
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